Answer
d.
Work Step by Step
A monophyletic group consists of an ancestor and all the descendants of this ancestor. Clades are monophyletic.
In contrast, a paraphyletic group includes the ancestor but not all of the descendants.
Biology 2010 Student Edition
by Miller, Kenneth R.; Levine, Joseph S.
Published by
Prentice Hall
ISBN 10:
9780133669510
ISBN 13:
978-0-13366-951-0
Chapter 18, Classification - Assessment - 18.2 Modern Evolutionary Classifications - Understand Key Concepts - Page 532: 13
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